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Cox To Start New Statewide Radio News Network

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trevor2

Hearing that Cox Media Group (CMG) is set to announce its intention to start a new statewide radio news network, in light of the impending shutdown of GNN. Supposedly Cox is contacting potential affiliates and hopes to go live January 1.
 
I was hoping it would be AN106.7 to flagship a new state network. WSB's radio news department is so small and really does not have the resources it used to have. But, access to WSB-TV does mean something.

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trevor2 said:
Access to WSB-TV and the AJC, for what it's worth.
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It does not mean much if you do not have the staff in place to process all of that information and translate it to a story that works for radio. WSB Radio has a very small news department compared to AN106.7. Anyway, what is done, is done. I guess the product will be better than what they have been getting from WGST.
 
I hope CC does not choose to enforce any anti compete contracts clauses on the staff at GNN.

If I was setting up a "state'" network, I would try to get stations that have a "local" news staff / person / department first. With sound files so easily moved via the internet, you could really have quite a news gathering effort.
 
secondchoice said:
I hope CC does not choose to enforce any anti compete contracts clauses on the staff at GNN.

If I was setting up a "state'" network, I would try to get stations that have a "local" news staff / person / department first. With sound files so easily moved via the internet, you could really have quite a news gathering effort.
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Can you enforce a noncompete on someone if they were terminated not for cause?
 
The laws in Georgia are all slanted to the employer. If the employees are under contract, then they will have their contract paid out. If the contract is vague, the courts in GA seem to always side with the employer.
 
BarryATL said:
The laws in Georgia are all slanted to the employer. If the employees are under contract, then they will have their contract paid out. If the contract is vague, the courts in GA seem to always side with the employer.
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If you pay them out you can enforce whatever you want (remember when Moby was doing traffic on Z93?). But what if you don't? I thought that there were several court cases that basically said that you cannot deny someone the ability to make a living in their career, especially when the job loss was completely the employer's doing.
 
jabba17 said:
BarryATL said:
The laws in Georgia are all slanted to the employer. If the employees are under contract, then they will have their contract paid out. If the contract is vague, the courts in GA seem to always side with the employer.
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If you pay them out you can enforce whatever you want (remember when Moby was doing traffic on Z93?). But what if you don't? I thought that there were several court cases that basically said that you cannot deny someone the ability to make a living in their career, especially when the job loss was completely the employer's doing.
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In most cases there is verbiage in the contract about early termination. Usually, it is negotiable at the time of termination. Some folks take the payout and abide by the non-compete and others accept the early termination in exchange for a release from the non-compete clause.
 
If you can draw unemployment from a right to work state, and a former employer tries to keep you from a job and it is causing the state to continue to pay you unemployment: the state employment service's lawyers have been known to call the former employers lawyers and usually there is a "release" quickly signed. Worked for me.
 
Rumors now popping up that CC may be trying to back off their decision to shut down GNN.
Wonder if Cox will still proceed and battle it out if they do?
Who would you go with if you had the choice?
 
fussbudget said:
Confirmed. CC will indeed keep the lights on at GNN.
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Think this might be to sell it as a going concern to someone (Cox/Cumulus)? Or maybe to wind it down slowly to avoid triggering the WARN Act?
 
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